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Guy Bourdin

By: Guy Bourdin
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HNA Books
ISBN: 0810966050
ISBN-13: 9780810966055
Released: 23 Jun 2003
RRP: £36.98
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Glacial - By: , 20 Aug 2003
This is a beautiful book published to complement the stunning Guy Bourdin exhibtion at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London held in 2003.

The book carries alll the images displayed in the exhibition in a digtiallly remastered form with a clarity that makes them hyper real. There are also unpublished photographs & others unseen for over 25 years. This makes for a far superior book visuallly to the previously published Exhibit A: Guy Bourdin: A Biographical Essay by Michel Guerrin where the photographs seemed subdued & toned down. The book also carries some of Bourdin�s notes which are as seductive as the photographs themselves eg. �Two girls kissing through a sheet of glass� . In depth essays on the photographer's work are also included.

The typography perfectly fits reflects the heady mix of photographic work that is at once typical of the 70s & yet feels as fresh, clean & provocative as if it were produced today. A mixture of material & high gloss image on the cover lend a tactile edge to the book.

Classy, provocative & glaciallly cool you�ll need a very good coffee table to do this book justice.